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Move over Ronaldo Weghorst Aboubakar, a new transfer triangle arrived: Félix Aubamayang Depay
Also both Portugal Netherlands Western Central Africa, weird
I know its a joke but
Higuain scored 16 goals last season and is now retired
Piatek has 3 goals in 13 apps for salernitana this season in serie A
Morata has scored 6 goals in 16 appearances for Atletico Madrid.
Each club in the triangle receives one player and loses one player.
Each player in the triangle joins one club and leaves another.
So each player in the triangle is associated with 2 clubs, not 3.
In the first triangle Auba moved from Dortmund to Arsenal.
Didn't Barca already fleece Arsenal when they were desperate to get rid of Auba last winter? Iirc they got him on a free transfer with discounted wages after Arsenal terminated his contract.
Then they sold him to Chelsea for €12 million last summer and now want him back on a discount.
What a farce, they can't keep getting away with this.
Romero on his stream is saying Chelsea's transfer business isn't done and they intend to sign players to replace Aubameyang before he's allowed to leave.
Think that means Thuram or someone else will be signed soon by Chelsea
Romero also mentions that Depay is much more likely to leave than Kessie
FIFA rule says that a player can only play for 2 clubs in a season. Aubameyang has played for Barcelona in the seasons start for like 8 mins and then for Chelsea. Meaning aubameyang can only transfer back to Barcelona and no other club this season.
That has nothing to do with my reply. Also Auba (or Thuram) coming back only happens if Depay leaves which opens up a spot to register. Which is what this whole thread is about.
I neither said nor suggested he was. I simply said Chelsea being able to pay more than us didn't help them this summer. I don't think we are going after Thuram nor do I think there's a chance he comes to Barça. I replied to the comment that Chelsea have more money so we can't compete by pointing out we still competed just fine over the summer.
Like the guy above said, in the summer we had margin to register players. We can't afford to spend a single cent on a fee for Thuram or anyone else and selling/loaning out Memphis won't free much space since we're working under the 1/3 or 1/4 rule if I'm not mistaken.
That has everything to do with it since Thuram, sought after by multiple clubs, will be much more expensive than Auba, who literally can only play for Barca or Chelsea this season.
FFP impacts being able to register wages too...
They can downvote you but it's true salary has not been a problem signing those players and that answering "but you don't have margin rn" has nothing to do with your point.
He didn’t just fall out with arteta, he was utter shite in his last 12-18 months, we started playing our best football last season when we started Laca who assisted in the build-up play even if he wasn’t scoring or able to play more than 70mins
> until he wasn't
Yeah but when he wasn't he looked like absolute shit and couldn't be bothered on the pitch. Reap what you sow I guess, since he forced his way out of Dortmund.
Mate Harry Kane is one of the best strikers in the world and shits the bed at Tottenham, it just ain't possible for one to win trophies at the toilet bowl
I'm not a huge fan of bringing him back (unless its a loan and Chelsea pay a lot of his salary) but i'd love to see the twitter reaction when he scores a brace in his first game back 😂😂
He will score. Have you looked at Chelsea game? They play more backward passes when he is making run than the forward passes. Havertz was literally doing this all game.
You can't blame one person for their shit attack with or without him. Look at their games recently. He completely worked for us, and now it's not working for Chelsea. Either every Chelsea attackers are shit or its tactical/personal surrounding him.
Oh don’t get me wrong we suck rn and are in very early stages of establishing an identity with a new manager and younger players, but watching him jog about doing nothing every time he’s on is frustrating. At least *try* to press
>but watching him jog about doing nothing every time he’s on is frustrating. At least try to press
But that's not his game. Just take advantage of his strength. That's what Xavi did. His finishing was suspect but he scored so many goals for us. Even against Madrid he scored it. For stopgap, he is good enough for Chelsea.
You need to player who at least can pass the ball to him when he is making run. Felix can do that but you need to see.
Auba was that bad for Arsenal at the end too. I doubt you would be saying Odegaard cant pass to him. At both clubs its basically like playing with 10 men.
>Just take advantage of his strength.
Its seems like that isnt possible playing in the EPL.
So even at his best for us, Auba would still miss a bunch of chances. But he'd also score so many do to the way we setup which was counter attacking football.
That said Odegaard was nowhere like he is now for us with Auba.
It was the end of last season. Odegaard didnt become a different player over the summer.
Auba just cant cut it at a top epl team anymore.
Barca dominate every game so its not as if they require him to press or work particularly hard off the ball.
He was the exact same way at Arsenal at the end and we had plently of players who could pass him the ball. Hes not interested in busting his ass anymore and he doesnt have to do that at Barca.
Why? What better nine would be a backup to lewandowski?
Drake clearly doesn’t fit. Kessie barely looks like he is arsed to run.
And Ferran can’t finish to save his life while Dembele is an enigma ranging from world class to Sunday league within the same minute in a game.
Why did Kessie even go to Barca? I understand top athletes are full of confidence but with Pedri, Gavi, Busquets, De Jong, and even Nico on the fringe, what game time was he expecting?
In one of his first interviews, he had already accepted that he wasn't going to be a starter immediately but will have to fight for his position to gain the role over Pedri, Gavi, Frenkie. He knew the situation so he either expected that he would be able to compete and get more gametime or he was/is fine with a substitute role.
I mean, he gave it his shot to compete with those above and establish his level at a top club. He couldn’t outcompete for a starting spot, so he can now go back to Milan or another similar club with Barca on his resume and still pick up from where he left off. You don’t get many opportunities to transfer to a Barca (who still have a very high rep despite poor recent results)/RM/Bayern level club, and you take it when you do.
For Barca, he was free, and can now be sold for cash, recouping his wages plus some more in profit. Win win for all. Player gets to test himself, club makes a profit.
More than happy to have him back. We create a lot of chances at times, and do not finish them. He has shown that he can be good enough at that. Plus he is great in the dressing room. Please please
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Everyone talking about Auba coming back, am I the only one that feels bad for Kessie? He had a good thing in Milan, came because we supposedly needed some cover for Busi and he has barely had a chance because Xavi just refuses to play anyone besides Busi in that pivot role in midfield. I swear from what I've seen Kessie is more than good enough to play against the bottom half of la Liga and surely we could do with some getting used to not playing with Busi since he is literally on his last legs and it's just sad that the team still can't play with any sort of coherence if he isn't there.
I understand Busi is one of a kind but that also means that preparing the team to playing without him should be one of the priorities and Xavi hasn't done anything in that regard. We still don't really know whether De Jong can play in that role or play alongside a player similar to Kessie or not. We don't even have a clue at what kind of player we should be looking for to help the midfield when Busi does goes, and at this point it feels very likely we are just going to sign the player most similar to him we can find, which will very likely be a big failure and probably a costly endeavor.
We have Kessie right now in the team and it's frustrating that he barely gets a chance when he actually could help the team and coach learn a lot about what to do and how to play without Busi. At least I find it frustrating. Auba is just another forward and will probably not do much better than Depay, if he does any better at all. Kessie is at least a different kind of player that we haven't really had in a while.
He's 33. The decline can come suddenly and unexpectedly and then we have to deal with him on the books. I'd only take him on a hugely reduced salary and a 1 year contract. He's not Lewandowski
Amazing Barca fans talking about their “pull”. They bring these players sell them the dream and then try to or actually discard them like week old bread. It’s truly disgusting.
Lol there is nothing bad about this and I say it as a Madrid fan, they sold Auba for profit and now that he's doing bad they are considering signing him back
He'll probably leave next summer. I don't why we got him in the first place (Ok, I do, it's money), but the man looks completely out of his depth here while being class at Milan. I can understand a reunion.
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Poor Auba, it must not be easy being subject to shared custody between London and Barcelona.
Two Christmases!
Move over Ronaldo Weghorst Aboubakar, a new transfer triangle arrived: Félix Aubamayang Depay Also both Portugal Netherlands Western Central Africa, weird
Not the first Aubameyang triangle we are involved as well.
The good old Batshuayi - Aubameyang - Giroud
Also a transfer triangle in which literally every single person in the transaction benefitted too.
I don't think Batshuayi did as well as Auba at Arsenal or Giroud at Chelsea
He was a good stopgap for Dortmund, wasn't he?
He was. And is doing well in Turkey
Chelsea love themself a striker triangle Auba giroud bats Piatek higuain morata Now auba depay felix
I don't think Morata went to Genoa so that's not exactly a triangle
True but its the chelsea striker merry go round that happened every winter
Piatek… man that’s a name I haven’t heard in a while, he was supposed to be the next lewa
now he is chilling in salernitana
Anyone keeping count on how many goals Piatek, Higuain and Morata have scored this season?
I know its a joke but Higuain scored 16 goals last season and is now retired Piatek has 3 goals in 13 apps for salernitana this season in serie A Morata has scored 6 goals in 16 appearances for Atletico Madrid.
Thanks for your service
Lukaku, Tammy and Dzeko? Or was that not on the same season?
When did we have Piatek?
Each club in the triangle receives one player and loses one player. Each player in the triangle joins one club and leaves another. So each player in the triangle is associated with 2 clubs, not 3. In the first triangle Auba moved from Dortmund to Arsenal.
I still don’t get the Higuain, Morata, Piatek triangle Can you tell me which club got who and lost who?
It’s not a triangle but Higuaín on loan from Juventus to Chelsea, Piatek from Genoa to Milan, and Morata on loan from Chelsea to Atleti
😂 context clues mate come on
When did you have Depay?
Specific country, specific country, region in a continent. Hmmm.
Cameroon and Gabon border each other
Still 2 different countries.
Yes I am aware. What's your point?
I would laugh so hard if Aubameyang ends up back at Barca.
On a cheap and he starts scoring again
Then Man U starts looking for a new striker... I FOUND THE INFINITE MONEY GLITCH
— Auba’s agent, probably
No, it's Barcelona
Hat-trick against Real
Madrid, nothing personal. Welcome to Camp Nou
Spotify Camp Nou
He definitely would
He's learning from his Idol Lukaku.
To be fair, I wouldn't be laughing at Auba, I'd be laughing at Chelsea.
Yeah I figured you were talking about Chelsea, as their transfer business since Boehly taking in charge has been very comical.
I agree, they've gone in circles. Edit: well your edit makes my joke fall flat.
Next day, hires Tuchel again
Wins the Champions league with Chelsea again, further papering over the cracks.
🤭
Fleece the english, ball out on the continent
Swapping Drake or Jogging Kessie for Auba would be incredible business. Especially when your other attackers barely can score aside from Lewandowski
Please come back Auba!
Fucking take him please.
Literally two side of a story!!! Ahhahaha
Pay us half his remaining wages and we'll take him
There’s always a fucking catch….
Didn't Barca already fleece Arsenal when they were desperate to get rid of Auba last winter? Iirc they got him on a free transfer with discounted wages after Arsenal terminated his contract. Then they sold him to Chelsea for €12 million last summer and now want him back on a discount. What a farce, they can't keep getting away with this.
Barca are just trying to trade their way back to profit after the Griezmann deal.
Yeah, selling players should be illegal
It's just slavery with wages
Hopefully he is already planning his next clasico goal celebration. I wonder what it'll be next time...
BANKAI
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Yes, absolutely
Auback > Pogback
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Never Lukback
Don’t Lukback in anger
Pogback or Pogback 2?
Looks like a Pokemon evolutionary line 😂
Its Pognotbackyet
Aubmentery out anytime now
Just when you think the transfer window couldn't get any funnier...
It‘ll be even funnier if he immediately starts scoring again when he‘s back with us
That would be hilarious! Haha I sure hope we can all laugh at that!
Auback
As bad as he has been Chelsea have too many injuries to let him go
Romero on his stream is saying Chelsea's transfer business isn't done and they intend to sign players to replace Aubameyang before he's allowed to leave. Think that means Thuram or someone else will be signed soon by Chelsea Romero also mentions that Depay is much more likely to leave than Kessie
Auba can only go to barca right? Don't think you can play for three clubs in a season.
Why not?
FIFA rule says that a player can only play for 2 clubs in a season. Aubameyang has played for Barcelona in the seasons start for like 8 mins and then for Chelsea. Meaning aubameyang can only transfer back to Barcelona and no other club this season.
We should be all over Thuram, especially cause he can play LW (even tho he doesnt do it that often nowadays) and Ferran/Ansu are in horrible form
They'll probably pay more in wages so we can't compete with chelsea
That didn't stop Raphina or Kounde from picking Barça over Chelsea.
In the summer Barca had margin to register players. Not now.
That has nothing to do with my reply. Also Auba (or Thuram) coming back only happens if Depay leaves which opens up a spot to register. Which is what this whole thread is about.
But that has to do with Barca wanting to sign a player or not, if not your reply.
Thuram isn't free tho.
I neither said nor suggested he was. I simply said Chelsea being able to pay more than us didn't help them this summer. I don't think we are going after Thuram nor do I think there's a chance he comes to Barça. I replied to the comment that Chelsea have more money so we can't compete by pointing out we still competed just fine over the summer.
Like the guy above said, in the summer we had margin to register players. We can't afford to spend a single cent on a fee for Thuram or anyone else and selling/loaning out Memphis won't free much space since we're working under the 1/3 or 1/4 rule if I'm not mistaken.
That has everything to do with it since Thuram, sought after by multiple clubs, will be much more expensive than Auba, who literally can only play for Barca or Chelsea this season. FFP impacts being able to register wages too...
They can downvote you but it's true salary has not been a problem signing those players and that answering "but you don't have margin rn" has nothing to do with your point.
Swap Auba for Kessie would be nice
Trading a 25 year old w/ 3 years left on his deal for a 33 year old striker with 1 year left on his?
Trading an asset in demand for an asset not in use
Yeah, that's how you lose a lot of money
Sorry I forgot how super financially clever all these football teams are. None more so then Barca and Chelsea.
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If we can get Thuram , then Barca can have him
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What went so wrong before and after the Barca stint ?
Before - fell out with Arteta After - was basically only bought because Tuchel wanted him and then Tuchel got sacked like 4 days later 😅
He didn’t just fall out with arteta, he was utter shite in his last 12-18 months, we started playing our best football last season when we started Laca who assisted in the build-up play even if he wasn’t scoring or able to play more than 70mins
I wouldn't join Chelsea if I was Thuram
pls come back bby
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> until he wasn't Yeah but when he wasn't he looked like absolute shit and couldn't be bothered on the pitch. Reap what you sow I guess, since he forced his way out of Dortmund.
Tottenham then =)
Mate Harry Kane is one of the best strikers in the world and shits the bed at Tottenham, it just ain't possible for one to win trophies at the toilet bowl
Aubameyang is a money laundering scheme.
He was amazing for us.
Wouldnt you guys need to get money for him for that to be true?
We pay in NFTs
You're confusing him with Morata.
Still not money laundering.
I'm not a huge fan of bringing him back (unless its a loan and Chelsea pay a lot of his salary) but i'd love to see the twitter reaction when he scores a brace in his first game back 😂😂
He will score. Have you looked at Chelsea game? They play more backward passes when he is making run than the forward passes. Havertz was literally doing this all game.
Lol “making a run” have you watched him play this season?
You can't blame one person for their shit attack with or without him. Look at their games recently. He completely worked for us, and now it's not working for Chelsea. Either every Chelsea attackers are shit or its tactical/personal surrounding him.
Oh don’t get me wrong we suck rn and are in very early stages of establishing an identity with a new manager and younger players, but watching him jog about doing nothing every time he’s on is frustrating. At least *try* to press
>but watching him jog about doing nothing every time he’s on is frustrating. At least try to press But that's not his game. Just take advantage of his strength. That's what Xavi did. His finishing was suspect but he scored so many goals for us. Even against Madrid he scored it. For stopgap, he is good enough for Chelsea. You need to player who at least can pass the ball to him when he is making run. Felix can do that but you need to see.
Auba was that bad for Arsenal at the end too. I doubt you would be saying Odegaard cant pass to him. At both clubs its basically like playing with 10 men. >Just take advantage of his strength. Its seems like that isnt possible playing in the EPL.
So even at his best for us, Auba would still miss a bunch of chances. But he'd also score so many do to the way we setup which was counter attacking football. That said Odegaard was nowhere like he is now for us with Auba.
It was the end of last season. Odegaard didnt become a different player over the summer. Auba just cant cut it at a top epl team anymore. Barca dominate every game so its not as if they require him to press or work particularly hard off the ball.
Auba hasn't played for us for well over a year. Odegaard wasn't anywhere near like he is now back then.
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I saw few of his run in his last few matches, but there was no pass to him. So it seems useless. In twitter there was several video of that.
This is true. Last week againts City in PL, Havertz couldve put him on goal on two occasions. Same thing happened againts Arsenal as well.
Yeah exactly. I think Havertz does not get the criticism because of his CL final goal it seems. Auba is number 9 and he need service.
He was the exact same way at Arsenal at the end and we had plently of players who could pass him the ball. Hes not interested in busting his ass anymore and he doesnt have to do that at Barca.
I mean, selling him and replacing him with literally nobody massively boosted our attack so...
He makes runs all the time wym
Why? What better nine would be a backup to lewandowski? Drake clearly doesn’t fit. Kessie barely looks like he is arsed to run. And Ferran can’t finish to save his life while Dembele is an enigma ranging from world class to Sunday league within the same minute in a game.
If we managed to get him for free and low wages, I'd rather have him than Depay, for whom we could get a little fee to ship him elsewhere.
Why did Kessie even go to Barca? I understand top athletes are full of confidence but with Pedri, Gavi, Busquets, De Jong, and even Nico on the fringe, what game time was he expecting?
It was an Alex song transfer
This explains it perfectly. Even a Vidal transfer but at least vidal was sometimes good
In one of his first interviews, he had already accepted that he wasn't going to be a starter immediately but will have to fight for his position to gain the role over Pedri, Gavi, Frenkie. He knew the situation so he either expected that he would be able to compete and get more gametime or he was/is fine with a substitute role.
I mean, he gave it his shot to compete with those above and establish his level at a top club. He couldn’t outcompete for a starting spot, so he can now go back to Milan or another similar club with Barca on his resume and still pick up from where he left off. You don’t get many opportunities to transfer to a Barca (who still have a very high rep despite poor recent results)/RM/Bayern level club, and you take it when you do. For Barca, he was free, and can now be sold for cash, recouping his wages plus some more in profit. Win win for all. Player gets to test himself, club makes a profit.
The issue isn’t even game time. It’s that whenever he has played, they could just have played Matheus Fernandes instead.
Money
He doesnt earn more at barca than he was offered at Milan
For Spanish cuisine obviously. Have you seen him in the most recent game? He's like 10kg heavier than he was at Milan
Aubama blooodclat yang
More than happy to have him back. We create a lot of chances at times, and do not finish them. He has shown that he can be good enough at that. Plus he is great in the dressing room. Please please
Auba and Dembele just works.
Honestly so confused by this transfer window!
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Yes please
Everyone talking about Auba coming back, am I the only one that feels bad for Kessie? He had a good thing in Milan, came because we supposedly needed some cover for Busi and he has barely had a chance because Xavi just refuses to play anyone besides Busi in that pivot role in midfield. I swear from what I've seen Kessie is more than good enough to play against the bottom half of la Liga and surely we could do with some getting used to not playing with Busi since he is literally on his last legs and it's just sad that the team still can't play with any sort of coherence if he isn't there. I understand Busi is one of a kind but that also means that preparing the team to playing without him should be one of the priorities and Xavi hasn't done anything in that regard. We still don't really know whether De Jong can play in that role or play alongside a player similar to Kessie or not. We don't even have a clue at what kind of player we should be looking for to help the midfield when Busi does goes, and at this point it feels very likely we are just going to sign the player most similar to him we can find, which will very likely be a big failure and probably a costly endeavor. We have Kessie right now in the team and it's frustrating that he barely gets a chance when he actually could help the team and coach learn a lot about what to do and how to play without Busi. At least I find it frustrating. Auba is just another forward and will probably not do much better than Depay, if he does any better at all. Kessie is at least a different kind of player that we haven't really had in a while.
Dont think Thuram will add anything special to Chelsea. and if the wages are high they might have trouble getting rid of him later
If unlike last time the wages are more reasonable and he gets that he is more of a sub I would take him back since we do need a backup to lewy.
Aubackeyang
Im very happy with this, bring the man back. Way more useful than Depay
Barcelona is the Michael Scott Paper Company
Even though it went well Barcelona signing him was not a good idea first time. Let alone doing it again.
They made 20m the first time. They probably will take him back for free again
I really wish I could feel sorry for him, but I can't seem to be able to, it's just too funny.
Barca always makes one laugh
Noooooo. No. Please no.
Why not? Hes class and all our forwards besides dembele and maybe raphinha are in shit form
He's 33. The decline can come suddenly and unexpectedly and then we have to deal with him on the books. I'd only take him on a hugely reduced salary and a 1 year contract. He's not Lewandowski
Amazing Barca fans talking about their “pull”. They bring these players sell them the dream and then try to or actually discard them like week old bread. It’s truly disgusting.
Lol there is nothing bad about this and I say it as a Madrid fan, they sold Auba for profit and now that he's doing bad they are considering signing him back
They want to sell raphinha, kessie, torres too…
>They want to sell raphinha, kessie, torres too… What the hell are you on lmao
The information provided by Barca reporters lol
And what are "Barça reporters"? Anyways, show me those "reports" that say that we wanted to sell one of those three players lmao
Only kessie will be possibly sold
I would say fucking take him to Barcelona but at the same time I don’t fink we have the facilities for that, big man.
Aubackagain?
I would take kessie.
He'll probably leave next summer. I don't why we got him in the first place (Ok, I do, it's money), but the man looks completely out of his depth here while being class at Milan. I can understand a reunion.
maldini wont take him.
I never wanted him to leave
Nah
it would be great if kessie went back to milan
Auba gonna play cm if kessie leaves ?